Two Pronunciations of "The"

The word "the". 

How many times can you think of that you used that word?
Quite a bit, right? 

There are two ways to pronounce it.  

"The" /THEE/ in "The end". 

AND

"The" /THUH/ in  the sentence : The girl is going to school.  

When exactly do you use these two?  
/THEE/  pronunciation is made before vowel SOUND (not letter).
/THEE/ can also be used to provided emphasis when you are speaking.  

/THUH/ pronunciation is made before a consonant sound. 

Example phrases and words:

/THEE/
1. The end.
2. The actor just moved to California.
3. They ate all the apples yesterday.

/THUH/
1. The children are going to school.
2. The movie starts soon.
3. She left after she ran the race.